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Alophia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Alophia
Ragonot, 1893
Species: A. combustella
Binomial name
Alophia combustella
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Pempelia combustella Herrich-Schäffer, 1852
  • Oncocera combustella

Alophia is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1893. Its single species, Alophia combustella, was described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1852. It is found in Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Sardinia, Sicily, Greece, North Macedonia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine and southern Russia.

Taxonomy

The genus is sometimes listed as a subgenus of Oncocera.

References

  1. ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
  2. "Fauna Europaea". Faunaeur.org. Archived from the original on October 15, 2012. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
  3. "Oncocera Stephens, 1829" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
Taxon identifiers
Alophia combustella


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